Hi Derek, Yes, I heard about Wayne's course - he is getting really good uptake, and also, interestingly, he's reporting different interests on the basis of culture, as compared to the western perspective. It would be great to get several sentences from him, as to what he's finding / hearing.
Regarding a mini-project, thanks for letting me know about the timing - I always like to start shorter, rather than longer - you know, people tend not to be interested if they perceive something as being much longer, and they aren't necessarily invested into it. I wrote up the piece below early in the am....and upon reflection, I'm wondering if it might not be a good idea to do a 'mini-project' connected to an existing project, to address something that needs to be done, that isn't currently being done...On example is Handouts for Teachers - to do a mini-project about something that would directly interest / benefit teachers... What do you think? What does the group think? - Randy On 10/10/07, Derek Chirnside <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is anyone at the m-learning conference next week? Often a F2F contact is > good for linking up with people. > > By the way: did you know Wayne is running a 'course' on using WikiEducator > that started yesterday very early morning Aussie time? Lots and lots signed > up. > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial/What_is_a_wiki > > I originally thought the WE pages were great at > > http://www.wikieducator.org/Wikieducator_tutorial > > Now I think there are problems in learning to USE wikis (Even the new > liquid threads have a prominent edit button that does not work), think > **about** wikis, and think about open learning. I'm not convinced we have a > nice enough and functional 'place' on the wiki (ie in a wiki environment) to > talk about the collaborative work we are doing. > > I agree with you Randy, mini-collaborative project. But one hour may be a > bit short. > > On 11/10/2007, Randy Fisher < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Leigh and Peter, > > > > Let's create lemon out of lemonade - and use the collaborative power of > > the wiki to effect some perceptual change. (It's also in line with some of > > the community-building / messaging activities). > > > > I think it all depends on "how" we use WikiEd to bring people in, and > > collaborate with them - which will create immediacy, relevance and > > demonstrate the value of WikiEd. Of course, there will always be other > > alternatives - but I'd like to create an 'experience' that we can refer to, > > and use in 'recruiting' teacher participation, and bringing them onboard. In > > the future, this could become a case study.... > > > > I have some other thoughts, but first - would you be open to doing > > this.... > > > > This is what I propose: > > > > * a collaborative mini-project (1 hour of time)to identify the benefits > > and utility of WikiEducator over other alternatives (and the challenges - > > from a teacher's point of view). We could collaborate on a single page, and > > create the experience of 'collaboration' on the wiki that we all know so > > well. > > > > * Participants: Leigh, Peter, Randy & a teacher or two. > > > > * Requirements: - find a teacher(s) who wishes to work with us on this > > mini-project (secondary, tertiary levels) > > > > Can you identify a teacher - who might wish to participate? > > > > - Randy > > > > > > > > On 10/10/07, Leigh Blackall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Peter, Randy.. I agree. At this stage I suppose Wikieducator continue > > > to focus on free content which can easily be loaded into things like > > > Ecto or the next thing to come along. My initial concern was that the > > > appeal of things like Ecto will make it more difficult to draw > > > teachers from the "developed world" into content creation in > > > Wikieducator. I am already finding it hard explaining to teachers here > > > why Wikieducator is better than Wikispaces.. :( no worries though, I > > > agree with your points and thank you for your responses. > > > > > > > > -- > From Derek Chirnside. > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hirerandy.com Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
